Food poisoning sucks. And so does wandering about the office on very wobbly legs, cramping, aching and feeling sick until you tell your lovely boss, who says 'you look grey' and sends you home. In fact, it sucks just about as much as sitting in a cab in large amounts of pain, visibly unwell, asking the driver to take a specific route home to (a) ( Read more... )

The good news is that Little Brother got accepted into the Foreign Office! The whole family has to be security-checked before he starts, so I just want to say 'hello!' to any members of HMG's security section that are reading, and promise that I watch Spooks every week and am always on the side of the good guys. And not just because the whole ( Read more... )

...but I could be wrong.

So does anyone fancy coming with me to a talk about the future of British cinema at the NFT tomorrow night? It's a freebie and I can only bring one person, so it's first come, first served ...

Little Brother is having an interview for his dream job right now. I'm all jittery with nerves for him. But at least I get to meet him for lunch afterwards ( Read more... )

How brilliant does the new Torchwood teaser look? Very brilliant indeed, I think you'll find.

See also here and - for future reference - here for more Torchwood goodness.

*is impatient for 22 October already*

I still want to see Children of Men.

You really should go and see The History Boys. It is brilliant.

I'm not sure about The Departed because I loved Infernal Affairs so much and generally, I'm not keen on cover-version remakes of films: Tom Cruise and Cameron Crowe still owe me two hours of my life back for Vanilla Sky. On the other hand, it could ( Read more... )

Last Friday, with encouragement from some of the glamorous ladies I work with, I bought a pair of shoes with heels on. And this evening, I took them out for their inaugural spin.

I didn't fall over at all and I only nearly twisted my ankle a couple of times. Truly, I rock. *g*

Walking into the station tonight I did that thing where you round a corner at the same time as somebody else and you both have to stop suddenly before you bump into each other. Then, normally, one person steps to the side and you both go on your merry way. Sometimes the other person 'tsks' at you in exasperation at your existence as they walk past ( Read more... )

I landed at Heathrow at 7am and was at my desk clutching a bucket of cawfee by 9.15. My eyelids are h-e-a-v-y and I've been mainlining cups of tea and Reese's peanut butter cups all morning. And I'm thinking about having a nice little sleep in the park at lunchtime ( Read more... )

I am leaving for Noo Yawk in EIGHT HOURS OMG. This is so exciting that I can't concentrate properly on my work, but neither can anyone else - between a couple of other people's holiday plans and the company's summer party this afternoon, today has a definite end-of-term feeling. Which is just fine by me ( Read more... )